I saw this job posting on Reddit that was looking for Filipino iOS App Testers. I bit the bait out of curiosity. I figured I'd back out if any private information was asked of me, however, they didn't ask for any. Here's what happened:
I got invited to a Telegram chat with the person who posted this, they asked for screenshots of my purchase history (it only shows a range of years your Apple ID made purchases on, no card/email information). They then asked what device I was using.
I passed phase 1, they added me into a "trial" group where I'll do my first task.
They asked me to download TikTok and log into a burner account > scroll through the FYP > promote random videos for $100. They then gave me a card to use to pay for my first promotion.
I was sketched out by this because $100 in my country is half a month's salary and they're giving me access to the card without any assurances from my end.
Technically, the only thing I'm sacrificing is my Apple ID if the system somehow has parameters in gauging bot accounts making large purchases (I used to work as a Google CSR, they had this in place). I also don't have any card information on my Apple account, so I wasn't worried about being charged anything. So I went ahead with promoting one video.
After one promotion, Apple rejected my second promotion purchase. I'm guessing it's too suspicious for their system.
I'm thinking, this is probably stolen card information right? If it isn't, then would this job be a scam and I'm being hired by some random person in Vietnam to generate bot views?